ADHD Coaching Awareness for Coaches
PART 3: Strategies that Work
with Donnalea Barber and Joanne Norris
Part 3: November 4, 2021 at 2pm ET – “Shared Characteristics /Strategies / Techniques and Accommodations” Strategies that work and are needed for people with “Special” brains
Shared characteristics that are to be found in people with ADHD, Autism, dyslexia, etc. and how the various characteristics affect people in the workplace, at home, in relationships, etc. will be addressed in this session. We will look at what works and does not work for people with “Special” brains and illustrate the ADHD Coaching process by walking participants through a case study, showing a client with a divergent profile who does not realize that ADHD might be the reason for their difficulties. We will make suggestions about how the participants can modify their coaching practices to accommodate people with “Special” brains. The importance of finding out the values and strengths of these clients very early on in the coaching process cannot be stressed enough.
If you are struggling to support some of your clients, ADHD may well be at the heart of this. We invite you to join our series of 3 presentations which will address questions Life coaches and their neuro-divergent clients have about ADHD:
People who have ADHD need a coach who understands what it means to have ADHD and can adapt their coaching techniques accordingly. ADHD coaching has been found to be extremely helpful for adults with this special type of brain.
Some objectives for this 3-part event series includes:
- Learn about what it means to have ADHD and its related conditions, particularly Autism.
- Recognize how ADHD will affect coaching strategies, techniques and tools that you use as a Life Coach and how they might need to be modified.
- Understand the importance of stepping with their clients into a coaching space that will be very different from their neurotypical clients.
- Develop awareness about low self-esteem and limiting beliefs as specific challenges for these clients and understand these issues must be addressed comprehensively early on in the coaching alliance.
- Learn some aspects of the Neuro-Linguistic Programming [NLP] coaching philosophy as well as some NLP coaching techniques that can facilitate coaching those with ADHD and possibly high-functioning Autism.
Donnalea Barber is an entrepreneur and ICF PCC-credentialed coach specializing in ADHD. Her successful career is grounded in family and public health. Working life has been multi-varied - beginning in Canada and ending in Canada - spending periods of living, working and studying in between places like Africa, England, France, Belgium and Singapore. Donnalea brings an ADHD-informed approach, based on neuroscience and biology, to help her adult clients with ADHD understand how uniquely wired their brains are. She is dedicated to supporting them as they navigate their specific challenges of ADHD.
As well as actively coaching, Donnalea is also a Co-Founder and Communications Director of Coaching Suicide Awareness. She works with the Humanitarian Coaching Network [HCN] and is a facilitator of a global ADHD Women’s Peer-to-Peer Support Group [Knowing me l Knowing You] based in Belgium.
Joanne Norris, Ed.D: A former elementary school teacher and college instructor, Joanne Norris, Ed.D. has been a specialized ADHD & ASC Coach for the past 17 years. In addition, she was the President or Education Chair of ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium for 11 years, during which time, she brought experts from the US, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands to share their expertise with parents, teachers, healthcare professionals, etc. about ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism in presentations, courses and at conferences in Belgium. Joanne became a European Brain Ambassador in 2017 as part of a European Brain Employer initiative and has given Ambassador Training since then to coaches and healthcare providers in Belgium.
Joanne was an Executive Board member of ADHD Europe for 8 years having been involved in its foundation from 2007 to 2009 when ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium was a Founding Member. She is currently Education Advisor for ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium and is co-facilitator (with Donnalea Barber, ADHD & Life Coach) for the “Knowing Me, Knowing You” free online ADHD Support Group for women.
